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Alice returns from Wonderland only to discover she's on the wrong side of her living room mirror at the beginning of the second half of Irwin Allen's 1985 production, with teleplay by Paul Zindel and songs by Steve Allen (the three-hour film was broken into two parts for video, the first title being Alice in Wonderland). Before you can say "curiouser and curiouser" the jabberwocky is after her. It chases Alice back to a strange land where life appears to be one giant game of chess with pieces portrayed by the likes of Carol Channing and Harvey Korman. The 7-year-old longs to be home, but that doesn't stop her from enjoying some song and dance with Tweedledum and Tweedledee (Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme), watching a bout between the lion (Ernest Borgnine) and the unicorn (Beau Bridges), or being rescued by the White Knight (Lloyd Bridges). Despite the oddly low-tech visual effects from Star Wars's John Dykstra--the jabberwocky is so clearly a guy in a dragon suit--this thrillingly kitschy movie ably entertains. Where else will you see Merv Griffin as a train conductor, Sally Struthers and Donna Mills catfighting with Vegas-worthy flower headdresses, and Jonathan Winters as a crabby Humpty Dumpty before the fall? Adults who fondly remember the '70s and '80s and children 4 and older should enjoy this version of the fabled tale. --Kimberly Heinrichs
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Worth Waiting For I have been looking for this version of Alice and Wonderland for quite a while. It is the best version ever put to video. The cast is amazing. There is no way anyone could get a cast this talented and diverse into a TV movie today. I watched it so much when I was a kid, I wore the tape out! It was a little scary to a 7 year old, but well worth it. This is the second part to the 2 part series, so you have to buy both to get the full "Alice experience".
I have the same story!!!! ... When I was a kid I watched this movie SO MUCH. and just recently in my first semester of college, my english class read Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking glass. This reminded me of that bizarre movie i watched as a kid and I remember how amazing it was. I don't even know if i HAVE it anymore, ... This movie rendition of the novel is so much fun and at the same time, its chilling because it has such outrageous happenings and characters throughout...Its impossible to describe what feeling this movie gives you, you HAVE TO SEE IT! But now I found it and I'm definitely ordering it because I never want to lose this link to my childhood--this movie is GREAT!
Baaaa-tter, Much Baaaaa-tter! This movie has stuck with me and my brother for so many years! We taped it off of TV when we were kids, and as everyone knows, "TV Tapes" never last very long in anyone's home. Now, my brother and I live together, and we every so often start singing the movie's songs, or reciting its lines! Our favorite scenes are the train and on the beach with the Tweedles. I am buying a copy of the movie today to give my brother for his 24th birthday, and I know that he will be thrilled to have it! (As will I...)
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